The Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering (AOE) at Virginia Tech invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Aerospace Optimization at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, depending on qualifications effective August 2026.  We seek exceptional candidates with expertise in the theory and application of optimization to aerospace systems. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to: Optimization under uncertainty and robust design methods, Real-time and embedded optimization for guidance, navigation, and control, Large-scale or distributed optimization for complex aerospace systems, Machine learning, reduced-order modeling, surrogate modeling, and data-driven approaches with